A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a nonaqueous electrolyte that includes a solvent and an electrolyte salt, the solvent including a halogenated cyclic carbonate of the Formula (1) below, or at least one of unsaturated cyclic carbonates of the Formulae (2) and (3) below; and a polyacid and/or a polyacid compound contained in the battery, where X is a F group or a Cl group, R1 and R2 are each independently a CnH2n+1 group (0≦n≦4), and R3 is CnH2n+1−mXm (0≦n≦4, 0≦m≦2n+1), where R4 and R5 are each independently a CnH2n+1 group (0≦n≦4), where R6 to R11 are each independently a CnH2n+1 group (0≦n≦4).